Adjustable dress-form.



F. B. GRANGER. ADJUSTABLE DRESS FORM. APPLICATION FILED our. 2a. 1916.

Patented July '9, 1918.

Inventor. Frank E. Granger y Maw/ M ATTy s.

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ERANKB. GRANGER,. 0F COLUMBUS, onro, AssIenoR TO HALL-BORCI-IERT nREssEoRM COMPANY, OF NEW Y RK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERsEY.

ADJUSTABLE DRESS-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 191-8.

Application filed October 28, 1916. Serial No. 128,336. 1

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK B. GRANGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, county of Franklin, State of Ohio, have inventedan Improvement in Adjustable Dress-Forms, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is aspecification, l1ke characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to adjustable dress forms of. that type whichcomprise a plurality of sections adjustable relative to each other andconnecting devices for connecting the adjacent sections and holding themin their relative adjusted positions. A type of dress form which is nowcommonly used is one in which the'body portion has a shelllike formationand is divided into a plurality of sections which are connected to eachother by fastening devices comprising a slotted strap secured at one endto one section and overlying an adjacentsection and a clamping screwsecured to the other section and extending through the slot of the strapand provided with a clamping nut which clamps the slotted strap inadjusted position. While a connecting device of this type'will securelyhold'the various sections of the form in their adjusted position whenthe clamping nuts are all set up tight, yet the operation of making anadjustment in the position of any section involves first reaching intothe interior of the form and loosening the various clamping nuts thathold the section in position, moving the section into its adjustedposition, and'then reaching intothe form again and tightening up theclamping nuts on the various clamping screws. This operation is more orless laborious, and, moreover, if one or more of theclamping nuts arenot properly tightened, the corresponding connecting device will nothold and the section of the form may be accidentally moved out of itscorrect position when the form is being used.

The object of my present invention is to provide an improved connectingdevice for connecting adjacent sections of a dress form, which devicecomprises a strap connected to one section of the form and a clampingdevice on-the other section ofthe form which frictionally engages saidstrap with suflicient friction to hold" the form sections in proper"adjusted relation during any ordinary use to which the dress form issubjected while permitting said sections'tobe adjusted relative to eachother upon the application of suflicient force. WVith my improvedconnecting device the operation of-adjusting any section of the dressform involves merely the act of moving said section :into its properadjusted position by applying suflicient force thereto, the frictionalclamping device permitting this to be done but yet holding the sectionsecurely in place when it has once been adjusted. I

'In the preferred embodiment of my invention, I will providemy-clamping' device with a clamping screw andnut so that the connectingdevice may be securely locked in any adjusted position, but it is notnecessary to use this clamping screw and nut during the ordinary use towhich the dress form is subjected.

In order to give an understanding of my present invention Ihaveillustrated in the drawings a selected embodiment thereof which will nowbe described, after which the novel features will be pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a body portion of a dress formhaving my improvements applied thereto; a

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view showing my connecting device lookingfrom'the interior of the form;

Fig. 3 isa' section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line M, Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the frictional clamping device.

1 indicates generally a dress form-which may be divided into sections inany suitable way. The form herein shown is dividedhOriZOntally acrossthe waist at 2 and is divided vertically to present the hip sections'3,4 and'5 and is also divided to present the shoulder sections 6 and theneck sections 7. This particular Way of dividing the formfhowever, isnot important so far as my invention is concerned, as my improvedconnecting device may be applied to dress forms divided in any otherdesirable way. Y

The sections of the dress form, however the latter is divided, areconnected by connecting devices, each of which comprises a strap 8 thatis secured to one of the dress form sections and a frictional clampingdevice secured to another dress form secthe latter yieldingly againstthe ribs, and means for clamping said arms against the strap.

4. A dress form divided to present a plurality of sections which areadjustable relative to each other, a strap secured to one section, afriction clamping member secured to an adjacent section and throughwhich the strap slides, said clamping member including a sheet metalbody portion presenting two ribs extending transversely of the strap andengaging one face thereof at separated points, and two clamping fingersintegral with said body which engage the op posite face of the strap andhold the latter yieldingly against the ribs, a clamping screw secured tosaid body portion, and a clamping nut on the screw adapted to engagesaid arms and by which the clamping pressure thereof against the strapcan be varied.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification,

FRANK B. GRANGER.

Copies of'this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0."

